Method of making visors for uniform caps



Feb. 13, 1945. E 1 B|E| 2,369,275

METHOD OF MAKNG VISORS FOR UNIFORM CAPS Filed May 12, 1943 Pa'tented Feb`.,13, 1945.4 l

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This invention relates to improvementsgrinl visorsfor.unirormfcaps, and more V.particularly to improvements in the construction` of exible visors and thernethods of making the saine.

In theusual construction ofuniform caps pro-j vided withvisors, the `visorfis made `,relatively` stiff so that it will hold its shape, but such capsl can not be readily packed. This invention is directed to improvements inuniform caps in which the visor is made flexible but `constructed so that thevisor still retains its shape.

` Itis an object of this invention to provide a ilexible visor for a uniform cap which is made in suchgamanner as to `have a distinctive appearance by being rolled `or cup-shaped,whereby the forward brim oi the visor droops` or turns down with respect tothe rear portion thereof.

A furtherobject of this invention is to pro-.1 I vide avisor fora uniform cap provided with a 1` beaded binding on the brim portion thereof which serves toretain and.. preserve the rolled orcupped Another 'object of the invention relates to the method of attaching the binding in which a thin, flat leather binding strip is laid :on the crescentshaped leather piece with the vgrain sides face to i face and then is stitched in position, afterwhich the binding stripis turnedtoforma thin bead alongthe edge of thevisor. I A further object relates to themethod of maky ing the visor in; which a crescent-shapedpiece ofl I leather is cut out, a binding strip which has been mulled or .moistenedis then stitched under tenv sion to the marginal edge of the crescent-shaped piece, wherebyas the binding strip dries the visor will be bent `and curved into ther desired shape. I

Further-objects andadvantages of the improvements will` be more readily apparent from thefollowing `descriptionof a preferred embodi- 1 ment thereof yas illustrated in theattached drawi-` ing, in which 1 l e Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a visor in position 1 on a uniform capshown in dotted lines;

Fig. 2is a plan view of the visorblank showing the binding strip attached thereto;`

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the visor after the binding strip has been attached and turned to form the beaded edge;

Fig.` 4is a cross-sectional view of the visor blankwith thebinding strip turned ready for the flnalstitching; and I I Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the nished visor taken on the plane indicated 5-.5 in Fig. 3 and showing the curved andrcupped shape of the visor .i

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lroiliklinegf'Masst` 194s, samsung-sticas I I 1 f e f1.3 claims` (cu2-195) `Thevisor;Jir'idicateldlgeneralitaaztlwll;risadapted to 'bemounted Ion a uniformf'capl I2 .Whichispreft erably soft and crus'hable so that it may be readi ily` packed. i In making theyvisor a .crescente `shaped piece of leather I4 is cut as shown in Fig.

"2f The top face piece" I4 is the grain sideof the .leather, while the underneath side is `the flesh side. e The leather piece I4 `is relatively thin and flexible so that it'could notbemolded to hold ai shape. The Alovver `curved edge I6 "of the piece I4"will `form the marginor brim 'of the visor,

while `the upper curved edge I8 will be-attached to the band of the cap. The points extend approximately to the middle of theysides ofi the` cap band. If `the piece I4 is" placed inhposition` around the band,"thus bringing the pointsfZII` closer together,` the frontof the piece willV slant the piecetis flat andonly curved `about one axis. It is` evident that withoutspecial treatment the piece I4 can not be broughtinto the shape of the ,visor shown in Fig. l.

A binding strip 22 is applied to cover the marginal edge I6 of the visor. The strip 22is preferably of leather cut'or skived to be thinner than thepiece I4. The strip 22 is laid With its grain face against the grain face of the leather piece I4 i f and stitched in position as indicated by the line of stitching 24. ,The binding strip is then turned aulas indicated in Fig. `4 so that it laps over the edge of the leather piece and lays against the under side of the leather piece.` This underneath flap is then secured by aline of stitching `2h.

`In order to impart the desired shapeto the visor,`the binding strip 22 is mulledor moistened that the binding` strip will beslightly stretched as it is secured. The binding may be allowed to `dry and shown in Fig. 2 and then turned to the 40 I position shown in Fig. 4, The contraction of the strip 22 causes the visor to take the shaleshown in Fig. 1 and in the cross-sectional view oi Fig. 4.`

`It willbe noted'that the shaping obtained is different from that which would result if the iiat the exposed marginal edge of the visor as shown in Fig. 1. The zvisor is thereby formed 4to the shape it will have when it is attached to thev body of the cap, andwill tend to return to and hold e e `crushed in e that shape after the cap` has been downwardly, but any radial cut would show that before it is attached to the piece I4. As the strip` 22 is stitched it is held` under a slight tension so -piece I4 were merely bent as it is attached to the body of the cap. `The attachment of the binding` r I undertension causes the visor totakea cupped shape, the cupping being most pronounced near The turning of thebinding strip from the position of Fig. 2 to that of Fig. 4 forms a iine bead along the edge of the visor and improves the appearance of the visor.

I claim:

1. The method of making a Visor for a unform cap which consists in cutting a crescent- Ashaped piece of flexible leather, cutting a binding strip of flexible leather, mulling the binding strip, f

stitching the binding strip to the crescent-shaped Piece while the strip is in a mulled condition and under a slight tension, and allowing the binding strip to dry whereby the contraction of the binding strip forms the visor substantially to thedel' sired shape.

2. The method of making a visor for a uniform cap which consists in cutting a crescent-shaped piece of exible leather from asheet, cutting a 'binding strip from the same sheet, skiving the.

binding strip over the entire surface rof the iiesh side, mulling the binding strip, stitching the bindf ing strip tothe crescentshaped piece while the 20 visor, and finally stitching the free Y The" method of making a Visor for a uniform 'I cap which consists in cuttinga crescent-shaped` piece of flexible material, cutting a binding strip of similar material, stretching the binding strip, stitching the ybinding strip l.to an edge of the crescent-shaped piece while the strip is stretched and ywith the edges in alignment, turning the binding strip over the line of stitching and over the edge of the piece whereby the crescent-shaped piece is caused to take the desired shape` of the edge of the strip to rthe piece. L

EDWARD J.' BIEL. 

